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Heritage Rail

Details and lessons from the Indiana Transportation Museum disaster
            NEWSWIRE
Jul 6, 2018·Railroad Museums

Details and lessons from the Indiana Transportation Museum disaster NEWSWIRE

Nickel Plate Road 587’s boiler is set onto a truck at Noblesville, Ind., on Thursday. It will go to Kentucky…

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Union Pacific to renumber SD70M No. 4014 before Big Boy runs
            NEWSWIRE
Jun 27, 2018·Preservation

Union Pacific to renumber SD70M No. 4014 before Big Boy runs NEWSWIRE

Union Pacific SD70M No. 4014 leads Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and SD70M No. 4884 at Laramie, Wyo., in May…

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Canadian Pacific acquires former Southern Pacific dome car
            NEWSWIRE
Jun 11, 2018·Preservation

Canadian Pacific acquires former Southern Pacific dome car NEWSWIRE

The former Southern Pacific dome passes Davenport Iowa on June 1, 2018, on Canadian Pacific train No. 475. Erik Rasmussen…

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Nickel Plate 765’s 15-year inspection is a prelude to 2018 operations
            NEWSWIRE
Feb 13, 2018·Preservation

Nickel Plate 765’s 15-year inspection is a prelude to 2018 operations NEWSWIRE

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765, shown during a 2009 visit to the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum at North Judson,…

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A 2-4-4-2 logging locomotive progresses on its road to restoration
            NEWSWIRE
Jan 22, 2018·Preservation

A 2-4-4-2 logging locomotive progresses on its road to restoration NEWSWIRE

Skookum, a 2-4-4-2 logging locomotive reunited with its tender for the first time in decades the week of Jan. 20…

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Historic GE 44-tonner preserved
            NEWSWIRE
Dec 13, 2017·Preservation

Historic GE 44-tonner preserved NEWSWIRE

A GE-built 44-ton switching locomotive may be restored to original Great Northern colors in Maryland. David Tunison WALKERSVILLE, Md. —…

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First Chesapeake & Ohio ‘Kanawha’ restored for display
            NEWSWIRE
Nov 14, 2017·Preservation

First Chesapeake & Ohio ‘Kanawha’ restored for display NEWSWIRE

A cosmetically restored Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2700 as it now appears in Dennison, Ohio. Jason Johnson Workers install…

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Illinois Railway Museum retires last mortgage
            NEWSWIRE
Nov 13, 2017·Railroad Museums

Illinois Railway Museum retires last mortgage NEWSWIRE

Various preserved motive power is seen at the Illinois Railway Museum at Union in July 2005. Michael Karlik UNION, Ill.…

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Vermilion Valley Railroad repaints Erie Mining F-unit
            NEWSWIRE
Oct 27, 2017·Preservation

Vermilion Valley Railroad repaints Erie Mining F-unit NEWSWIRE

A broadside view of Vermilion Valley Railroad F9 No. 4210 painted in Erie Mining colors. Jim Montgerard An inside cab…

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Jacobson, champion of steam, dead at 74
            NEWSWIRE
Sep 14, 2017·Preservation

Jacobson, champion of steam, dead at 74 NEWSWIRE

Jerry Joe Jacobson Contributed SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Jerry Joe Jacobson, shortline entrepreneur, steam preservationist, and builder of the Age of…

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Rock Island E units make first public appearance
            NEWSWIRE
Aug 21, 2017·Preservation

Rock Island E units make first public appearance NEWSWIRE

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific No. 652 was one of 13 E8As purchased by the Rock Island in 1951. The…

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Pennsy T1 Trust buys unrestored tender for project
            NEWSWIRE
Aug 21, 2017·Preservation

Pennsy T1 Trust buys unrestored tender for project NEWSWIRE

A view of a Pennsylvania Railroad long-haul fuel tender that the T1 Trust recently purchased. Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Trust The…

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